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Many Mountains consist mostly of it and therefore it can be easily obtained there without digging much. Also steep hillsides often present blocks of Stone visibly.

Other than that, the Fossil layer consists of Stone together with Bedrock, Limestone, patches of Fossils and the uncommon valuable Magnetite. Often the upper parts of the Fossil layer consist mainly or even solely of Stone.

Many Caves lead down into this stratum not far below and often present Stone blocks right at their entrances. You can also find Stone easily by digging into most types of grounds just through a few layers of Dirt.

Stone can be placed as is for building without worries. No Creatures are known to spawn on or near blocks of Stone alone, neither does any type of Treasure Chests. So artificial biomes built from Stone cannot be used as spawners.

Another alternative to mine Stone would be to place Excavators (not to be confused with Extractors). Even the basic (and weakest) Excavator can now remove Fossil layer blocks like Stone, Bedrock, Limestone, Fossils and Magnetite in the size of 7x7x7 blocks maximum. Half of the removed blocks will be saved in Loot Bags.

You can also dig through Stone by destroying it. Common TNT can now even destroy blocks from the Fossil layer like Limestone and Bedrock, but it will procude a crater and will not leave any blocks to be collected.

Excavators and TNT-type Explosives will leave all Ore Nodes intact, also all storage containers, crafting stations and other objects that can contain blocks/items. However, they will remove or destroy all other types of crafted blocks and objects, even Corrupted Stone Walls...